मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-95
देवदत्तां पतिर्भार्यां विन्दते नेच्छयाऽत्मनः ।
तां साध्वीं बिभृयान्नित्यं देवानां प्रियमाचरन ॥९५॥
तां साध्वीं बिभृयान्नित्यं देवानां प्रियमाचरन ॥९५॥
95. devadattāṁ patirbhāryāṁ vindate necchayā'tmanaḥ ,
tāṁ sādhvīṁ bibhṛyānnityaṁ devānāṁ priyamācaran.
tāṁ sādhvīṁ bibhṛyānnityaṁ devānāṁ priyamācaran.
95.
devadattām patiḥ bhāryām vindate na icchyā ātmanaḥ
tām sādhvīm bibhṛyāt nityam devānām priyam ācaran
tām sādhvīm bibhṛyāt nityam devānām priyam ācaran
95.
patiḥ devadattām bhāryām ātmanaḥ icchyā na vindate
tām sādhvīm devānām priyam ācaran nityam bibhṛyāt
tām sādhvīm devānām priyam ācaran nityam bibhṛyāt
95.
A husband obtains a wife as a divine gift, not by his own desire. He should always maintain that virtuous woman, acting in a manner pleasing to the gods.
Words meanings summery:
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- देवदत्ताम् (devadattām) - divinely bestowed (god-given, divinely bestowed)
- पतिः (patiḥ) - husband (lord, master, husband)
- भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife (wife, a woman to be maintained)
- विन्दते (vindate) - obtains (obtains, finds, gets)
- न (na) - not (not, nor, neither)
- इच्छ्या (icchyā) - by desire (by desire, by will)
- आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of his own (of the self, of oneself, his own)
- ताम् (tām) - that (woman/wife) (her, that (feminine accusative singular))
- साध्वीम् (sādhvīm) - virtuous (virtuous, chaste, righteous (feminine))
- बिभृयात् (bibhṛyāt) - should maintain (should support, should maintain, should bear)
- नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)
- देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods (of the gods, belonging to the gods)
- प्रियम् (priyam) - what is pleasing (dear, pleasing, beloved; a pleasing thing)
- आचरन् (ācaran) - acting in a manner (performing, practicing, doing, behaving)
Words meanings and morphology
देवदत्ताम् (devadattām) - divinely bestowed (god-given, divinely bestowed)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of devadattā
devadattā - given by the gods
Past Passive Participle
From deva (god) and datta (given). Feminine form.
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+datta)
- deva – god, deity
noun (masculine) - datta – given, granted
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From √dā 'to give'.
Root: √dā (class 3)
पतिः (patiḥ) - husband (lord, master, husband)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pati
pati - lord, master, husband, owner
भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife (wife, a woman to be maintained)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā
bhāryā - wife, woman who is supported or maintained
Gerundive
From √bhṛ 'to bear, to support' + -ya (feminine form). Literally 'one to be supported'.
Root: √bhṛ (class 1)
विन्दते (vindate) - obtains (obtains, finds, gets)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vid
Present indicative, middle voice.
Root: √vid (class 7)
न (na) - not (not, nor, neither)
(indeclinable)
इच्छ्या (icchyā) - by desire (by desire, by will)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of icchā
icchā - desire, wish, will
From √iṣ 'to wish, desire'.
Root: √iṣ (class 6)
आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of his own (of the self, of oneself, his own)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, individual (ātman)
ताम् (tām) - that (woman/wife) (her, that (feminine accusative singular))
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, she, it
साध्वीम् (sādhvīm) - virtuous (virtuous, chaste, righteous (feminine))
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sādhvī
sādhvī - virtuous woman, chaste wife
Feminine of sādhu (good, virtuous).
बिभृयात् (bibhṛyāt) - should maintain (should support, should maintain, should bear)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bibhṛ
Optative form of √bhṛ (class 3, reduplicated).
Root: √bhṛ (class 3)
नित्यम् (nityam) - always (always, constantly, perpetually)
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverbial use of the accusative singular neuter of nitya.
देवानाम् (devānām) - of the gods (of the gods, belonging to the gods)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, deity
प्रियम् (priyam) - what is pleasing (dear, pleasing, beloved; a pleasing thing)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of priya
priya - dear, beloved, pleasing, agreeable
आचरन् (ācaran) - acting in a manner (performing, practicing, doing, behaving)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ācarat
ācarat - performing, practicing, doing, behaving
Present Active Participle
From √car 'to move, act' with prefix ā.
Prefix: ā
Root: √car (class 1)